Marcelina
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of mars; warlike; feminine form of marcellus.
Marcelina by the numbers
In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Marcelina. In the US, 42 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 54 babies in 1934, making it a 1930s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marcelina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marcelineof Mars; dedicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcellus194 in the US (2017)
- Marcellaof Mars; warlike or martial228 in the US (2017)
- Marceladedicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcellus108 in the US (2017)
- Madelinawoman from magdala; a form of Madeline15 in the US (2017)
- Marcellineof mars; warlike; a form of Marcella5 in the US (2017)
- Marielena17 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Marcelina, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marcelina
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